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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
It's only done like that because the Japanese read things vertically and backwards compared to westerners! But it would be pricey to flip it over, and it would make purists mad, so it is left in it's original format and translated, from what I understand, pretty accurately.
It's not that pricey to flip it over, and most mangas used to be publiched that way, even computer colorized (like Akira). But then the whole manga and anime thing stop being an "underground" cult and became mainstream - which is good AND bad at the same time - and manga are now published on it's correct form.
It has been a while since I've read non-japanese comics, so when I get one, I tend to read from right to left, and then I realize it's not manga
